[dgudkov]

>The internet is a tool and like any tool, it can be used for both good and evil.

I prefer to view the internet as amplifier. Per se, it's not good or bad. It just amplifies whatever it has on its inputs. The inputs of early internet were nerdy, but we mistook this nerdy utopia of internet as good force for axiom. Now internet amplifies whatever humans are and boy its ugly.

[nvahalik]

Absolutely. The barrier to entry initially was high, so the SnR was really high. However, now anyone can create 1080p videos and the tools to do basic editing are practically free. Whereas someone whose ideas were unpopular with those around them might find themselves unwelcome and perhaps would quiet down, now you can address your message to your specific audience and get positive feedback which wasn't possible before.